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Padres Melvin Upton Jr Continues to Flash the Leather

The Padres saw Upton Jr. rob JJ Hardy of a home run, reaching full over the wall to bring the ball back and complete a double play. That was a half inning after he hit the longest recorded home run by a Padre in Petco Park history.

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Baltimore had scored already as Upton Jr led off in the bottom of the first inning against Ubaldo Jimenez, and he uncorked to straight-away center field with an exit velocity of 108.8MPH according to Statcast. That tied the game at 1 which looked like that was being threatened as JJ Hardy came to the plate with a runner on first in the 2nd inning.